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...report finds that though the upward grading trend has occurred across all academic divisions, it has been particularly prevalent in the humanities, reaffirming a common concern. About 54 percent of undergraduates in humanities courses received an A or A- last year, compared with 50 percent of students in the natural sciences and 43 percent in the social sciences...
...naked angel sits seductively with her hands hidden between her thighs. Her wings are spread, engulfing the moon that passes her chariot of clouds. Her long hair dangles past two supple breasts as she curves her neck upward and whispers seductively “It’s been a whole year since Debauchery...” So read the hot pink posters spread throughout Winthrop House that advertised last Saturday’s “Chastity” dance, a derivative of the infamous “Debauchery.” Tom Dow`03 recounts last year?...
...city had no backup plan, and people just got forced out of the city,” Iskovitz says, adding that the City Council did not do enough to offset the upward pressure on rents that followed the abolition of rent control...
These are among the powerful motives propelling what was, until Sept. 11, a growing boom in grandparent-grandchild travel. It remains to be seen what effect the terrorist attacks--and the chill they cast on the travel industry--will have. But the demographics suggest that the upward trend will continue as more and more of America's 77 million baby boomers become grandparents. In the past year, 20% of U.S. grandparents traveled with their grandkids, according to a survey for American Demographics by Zogby International, a polling firm. In fact, "grandtravel" made up 21% of all trips with children...
...three-panel photograph entitled “Stella Searching” shows an elderly woman, rake in hand, staring upward while standing in a neat and orderly lawn. The middle panel pictures a single old and brittle leaf attached to a branch. The top panel depicts a gray storm cloud with a bit of sun peeking from behind it. The orderliness of the lawn suggests that Stella, the old woman, is attempting to control her life. Stella stares at the lone leaf, which represents her fate, in a vain attempt to master it. Its lengthy distance from Stella may point...